re: Liverpool FC 2012/13 Season Long Thread

I didnt see Gerrard's performance as that bad... I think he tried a little too hard to make things happen, because Stoke were being Stoke... possession wasn't the problem today, we had plenty of it and couldnt make the most of the few opportunities we had...

re: Liverpool FC 2012/13 Season Long Thread (Posted on 10/7/12 at 3:05 pm to TFTC)

quote:I think he tried a little too hard to make things happen

To make things happen against Stoke you need to take shots from the top of the box. Breaking down a team that sets its midfield line 18 yards out is never going to work. I would have thought a player like Gerrard would know better, but maybe Rogers told them to keep working to break them down. Who knows...

re: Liverpool FC 2012/13 Season Long Thread (Posted on 10/7/12 at 3:27 pm to pvilleguru)

quote:Gerrard did attempt at least 2 from outside the box. One was a great shot and almost went in.

Didn't notice. The only thing I remember him doing was surging into the box at 3/4 Stoke players and attempting to touch the ball off to someone else, at which point he lost possession almost every single time.

re: Liverpool FC 2012/13 Season Long Thread (Posted on 10/7/12 at 3:43 pm to BleedPurpleGold)

early on he had one nice rip that the keeper saved (40 seconds in)... I just think he was trying to get things going... its not like we had problems getting the ball back... I love Suso and Sterling but they werent making much happen... I know thats a tall order for those little guys against Stoke...

re: Liverpool FC 2012/13 Season Long Thread (Posted on 10/7/12 at 4:15 pm to TFTC)

quote: I love Suso and Sterling but they werent making much happen

See I got the opposite impression. Suso was constantly surging forward getting the ball to people in dangerous positions. He also beat out a few midfielders on his own. I thought it was one of his best games so far.

re: Liverpool FC 2012/13 Season Long Thread (Posted on 10/7/12 at 9:52 pm to TFTC)

Sterling tried to do way too much by himself. Taking on multiple defenders by himself only to give up possession, shooting when he should have passed. He's young, and these are typical mistakes from naive youth. He'll learn from this, but this is the risk of placing so much burden upon a young man's shoulders.

re: Liverpool FC 2012/13 Season Long Thread (Posted on 10/7/12 at 10:45 pm to TFTC)

He shouldn't have started against Stoke because of his size and their physicality. Brendan may have wanted to throw him to the wolves though as a crash course in learning the importance of throwing your weight around and dealing with heavier physical fullbacks. I thought he was awful in the first 15, getting pushed off of the ball left and right. As the game went on he started to learn how to counter it, and I thought he did well doing so, but he should have been subbed in the last 20 minutes.

quote:However, referee Lee Mason has since confirmed that he saw the incident at the time and chose not to take any action against the former Chelsea player. Under FA rules, that means Huth cannot now be charged retrospectively.